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Calenian Kylix with Head of Arethusa
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Calenian Kylix with Head of Arethusa

Kylix · c. 350-250 BCE
The interior tondo of this black-glazed bowl is decorated with a relief medallion cast from a Syracusan Dekadrachm displaying the head of the nymph Arethusa.
Shape
Kylix
Period
Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
Date
c. 350-250 BCE
Culture
South Italian
Dimensions
D: 30.48 cm
Findspot
Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Campania
Museum
Harvard Art Museums
Accession Number
1993.11
Image Source
harvard
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)